Archive for December, 2011

While winter has arrived for many of us, the weather is somewhat unpredictable anymore. With warmer seasons the autumn weather seems to last a bit longer in some regions nowadays. That said, fall lawn care is essential to a healthy turf. Just because it is getting cooler out, doesn't mean the work is through. Autumn is one of the best times to fertilize. If you only fertilize your lawn once a year then this is the ideal season to do it.

Those who fail to plan, plan to fail. We have all heard this saying but one may wonder what that has to do with gardening. Gardeners who do not plan run the chance of producing too much, too little or creating a garden full of problems. The planning process should never become a chore but instead a time to revisit the past, evaluate the present, and plan for the future.

Landfills are filling up and prices on everything are escalating. You can do a few small things to help keep things out of the landfills and reduce your cost of gardening. You can save money and reduce landfill waste by taking some common household items and finding alternative uses for them. Here are several suggestions: Egg cartons, plastic containers, soda bottles, vegetables, and newspaper.

The vanda orchid covers about fifty species in the Orchidaceae family. The flowers that fall within this genus are considered to be some of the more important species of orchids. The characteristics of vanda orchids make them especially valuable in creating hybrids that are then sent all over the world.